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Chemical Engineering Alumnus Chris Fu Earns Prestigious Policy Fellowship
Read NowChemical engineering master’s and bachelor’s alumnus Christopher Fu has been named a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
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UVA Finds Missing Ingredient to Grow Non-Leaky Blood Vessels
Read NowHow you get a complete functional blood vessel that can withstand the mechanical force exerted by blood pressure? Researchers combined computational models from two labs in the Schools of Engineering and the School of Medicine to show that the gene Oct4 is of central importance.
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Civil Engineering Ph.D. Candidate is Training Machines to Spot Structural Problems
Read NowMohamad Alipour’s research brings machine learning, visual recognition and civil engineering together to make the task of inspecting infrastructure better and safer.
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Center for Transportation Studies at UVA and VDOT Launch New Essentials of Engineering Excellence Training Program
Read Now12-course curriculum creates path to a UVA master's in engineering
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Cancer is a common thread between two students' decision to pursue undergraduate research
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Program Provides Inquiring Undergrads With Research Money and Mentors
Read NowUVA Engineers are 28% of the 2019 cohort of Harrison Undergraduate Research Award winners. CS and BME majors were particularly successful in securing the $5000 grant.
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Executive Associate Dean Pamela Norris Tells Her Story to Springer Nature
Read NowIn Springer Nature's "Conversations with Our Authors" series, Pamela Norris, Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Frederick Tracy Morse Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, tells her story.
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When Snoring Goes from Annoying to Dangerous: Engineer Studies Sleep Apnea
Read NowHaibo Dong, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, applies fluid dynamics concepts to his study of snoring and sleep apnea.
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This Lawn Room is a Launching Pad to Success
Read NowFourth-year mechanical and aerospace engineering major Julia Batts, the University of Virginia Honor Committee's vice chair for education, is the current resident of 37 West Lawn -- a room with a storied history.
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USA Today Op-Ed: Astrophysicist Barbie is perfect. That's not how you attract more girls to STEM careers.
Read NowUniversity of Virginia Biomedical Engineering Professor Silvia Blemker explains why cultural messages of perfection for girls are keeping them out of STEM work at the highest academic levels.
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Ready for Launch, NASA: UVA Space Satellite is A-OK
Read NowMission manager Erin Puckette (center), UVA aerospace engineering undergrad, leads the team of three universities as they integrate their nano-satellites, called CubeSats, into a NASA rocket in Houston. The rocket is scheduled to launch in April to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Batten College of Engineering and Technology, ODU
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EIM Newsletter - January 2019
Read NowEngineering-powered medicine: more than 200 engineers and clinicians from over thirty divisions and departments across UVA are changing healthcare as we know it.